Spielberg will begin shooting the film in January 2012, with a release expected in 2013. The novel will be published by Doubleday in June, 2011.

“Robopocalypse embodies an imaginative story of a robot rebellion unleashed against the human race,” said Mark Sourian, who’s announcing the project with his co-prexy Holly Bario. “This is a project we immediately sparked to and with Steven directing it we knew it was in the best possible hands to bring it to worldwide audiences.”